12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon. 13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
Jeremiah 51:12–13
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